Now let us talk about YAKKO Daruma in Japanese folk art a little more.

Maybe the most famous are the dolls made of laquer from Oouchi in Yamaguchi Prefecture. They are made from local wood, covered with tree laquer (本漆) and decorated with goldleaf foil. A lot of dolls and other pieces are made in this way, so have a look at the following Yakko Daruma. On the left you find two pictures of Oouchi Yakko Daruma. This is the second type of Oouchi Daruma

yakko
was the name of the lowest social position in the Edo society, the simple workers of a daimyo household. They were the chuugen 中間（ちゅうげん）」 or orisuke 折助（おりすけ. yakko, most probably derived from the "child of the house", member of the household, ie no ko 家つ子 iekko. They came from poor farming families and did hard labour, carrying the luggage of the lord during traveling. They used to wear simple square jackets (hanten) with a square as decoration, kuginuki mon 釘抜紋.

- quote - Also of note is is the yakko dako.
A yakko was a lowly servant of a daimyo or nobleman and one of his jobs was to clear the roads and force the populace to kneel when his master’s entourage passed by.
The size and shape of a yakko dako depends on the area of Japan where it is made, but it is easily recognized by the wide sleeves that catch the wind and act as stabilizers instead of a tail.
Some yakko dako are also called hibuse 火伏せ(fire prevention) and are believed to protect against fire, an ever-present danger in old Japan where an overturned lamp or uncontrolled cooking fire could easily raze an entire neighborhood of paper-and-wood built houses. Symbolically, the yakko dako cuts through the wind and reduces its power to fan the flames of destruction. - source : japanesqueaccents.com -

Yakkodako 奴凧 is one of the most well-loved kites in Japan. It is very difficult to fly without a tail, so children often attach about 3 meters of tails made by newspaper slips or other tape.Now there is only one store in Tokushima which makes this kite..

Aburahi Jinja 油日神社 Aburahi Shrine, Shiga Yakkofuri 奴振 Yakko-furiand Taiko Odori 太鼓踊 Drum DanceThis festival is held every five years on May 1. The last time was in 2016.https://japanshrinestemples.blogspot.jp/2016/10/aburahi-jinja-shiga.html.